BREAKING TRUTH WITH NEIL LABUTE’S FAT PIG
Now or Never Productions is pleased to present Neil LaBute’s comedic-drama Fat Pig. The newly founded production company lives up to their mission statement of heart-centered communication: between artists during the rehearsal process & with audiences through performance. They aim to set egos aside and open up to expressing truth and this production promises nothing less.
The exciting and memorable live theatre experience is taking place in the intimate setting of EMBARK Studio at 925 South Street in downtown Peekskill, NY 10566, near Restaurant Row (North Division Street).
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Four performances:
Friday & Saturday nights, December 6th & 7th @ 8PM
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Saturday & Sunday matinees, December 7th & 8th @ 3PM
Tickets: fatpigtickets.brownpapertickets.com
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Set in the present time, Fat Pig is about Tom who falls hard for Helen who happens to be plus-sized and then some. It’s an edgy, introspective piece that leaves the audience pondering on who we are and who we are willing to be.
Fat Pig is directed by Francesco Campari with producers Margie Ferris, Nora Matz and Diana Rusu and stage manager Charlotte Exton.
CAST features Westchester County residents: Luis Diaz in his stage debut as Tom, Ryan Mallon as Carter, Mary Roberts as Jeannie, and last, but definitely not least, Jess Erick as Helen, Tom’s rubenesque love interest who challenges everyone’s truth about themselves and society at large.
“…Jess Erick is so funny and authentic she steals her scenes…” Cynthia Wetzler of The New York Times
From director Francesco Campari: In Neil LaBute’s world, at least the one we see in Fat Pig, average women (Jeannie) find peace only when they are part of a couple, while men are either owning up to their superficial desires (Carter) or desperately trying to sustain a very fragile “nice guy” facade while silencing the voice of their real self (Tom). Then there is a completely different human being. One that accepts itself for what it is with all its flaws, insecurities and mistakes (Helen). One that is able to really connect to others and only asks for some honesty in return. Those humans represent, for Mr. LaBute, the small beacons of hope we have to hold on to. If we could only go past our own limitations and embrace them in all their beauty, what a world we would have. It is “something to work on” is it not?
